Chapter 4
"This just in. Terrible, terrible news. Today is a dark day in Hyrule. Princess Zelda is dead," the radio announcer said. "She was found hanged in the throne room of Hyrule Castle earlier this morning."
Link was sitting on his bed, tears streaming down his face, "I wasn't able to save her. It's my fault she died," Link grabbed the sword next to his bed and held it up to his neck, but quickly realized what he was doing, and put it down. "What's happening to me… I need to get a hold of myself. Suicide is not the answer," he said to himself. "What I should be doing is finding out where this curse originated from. The same thing happened to Zelda, yesterday, as what happened to Saria… and this time, I know I wasn't asleep."
Earlier, right after Zelda killed herself, as Link was crying, Zelda looked at him and spoke in that same voice as Saria spoke in.
"This is what happens to those who remain in this land!" she said.
"Ahhh!" Link shouted, falling backwards.
"Death is all that awaits those who stay in Hyrule. The suicide curse will kill everyone," she said.
"How do I stop it?" Link asked.
"It cannot be stopped," she responded.
"There's got to be a way to stop it!" Link said.
She just laughed, "if you remain here, you WILL die."
"After that, she went limp, again… dead," Link recalled. "But… what is this curse she… and Saria were talking about. And what's that eerie voice they were talking in?" Link then headed for his door, "I should go visit Saria. I need to see if she's okay," he said, as he went to the hospital.
"Um… excuse me, but where's Saria?" Link asked a random nurse, who was cleaning up the room.
"Oh. You must be one of her friends?" she said.
"I'm her best friend," he responded.
"Well… this is never easy to tell anyone. But… your friend passed away early this morning," the nurse told Link.
"What? How?" Link asked, shocked.
"From self inflicted wounds. Apparently, she was found, with wounds all over her body, and completely bled out. There was a bloody scalpel found next to her bed. We're not sure where she got it, yet," the nurse explained.
"She's dead…" Link said, starting to tear up.
"I'm sorry about your friend," the nurse said, as she finished cleaning the room.
"Two of my best friends are dead, now. If I couldn't prevent their deaths, what makes me think that I could prevent any others?" Link asked himself.
"And in other news, the string of suicides continue," the radio announcer said.
"Of course… they're not going to stop… at least, not until everyone is dead or until I find a way to lift the curse," Link said to himself. "Maybe the library has info on the history of Hyrule, including various curses of the land."
"You're kidding, right?!?!" Link shouted.
"Shhh…" the librarian whispered.
"I mean… you're kidding, right?" he said more quietly.
"Yes," she nodded, "all the Hylian history books are gone."
"How's that even possible?" Link asked.
"I'm not sure, but all of them have been checked out… about five years ago."
"FIVE YEARS AGO?!?!" Link shouted.
"Shhh."
"Sorry…" Link said, getting to leave. Suddenly, he turned around again, and asked, "wait… do you still have any books about curses?"
"Um… those are in the forbidden section. No one is allowed to check them out," the librarian whispered.
"I don't give a crap. There's a particular curse I want… no… I must learn about. Why is it in the forbidden section, anyway?"
"I'm not sure. I just work here, and was told to not let people check out forbidden books. I think it has something to do with them scaring people."
"Please… let me go back there. I promise that I'll only take a moment," Link pleaded.
"I… fine… I just hope I don't get fired for this. Infact, just leave with the book. Don't even check it out, or I'm guaranteed to get fired," the librarian responded.
"Thank you," Link said, before heading towards the very back of the library, where all of the restricted books were kept.
Link looked through all of the books, looking for any that had the word, 'curse,' in them at all. Unfortunately, he wasn't having much luck.
"Damn it! Where the hell is it?!" Link said, under his breath, as he kept pulling books off of the self. "The Necronomicon? What the hell is that even doing here?" he asked no one, quickly putting it back. "I don't even wanna touch that," he said, as he continued searching for a book about curses.
An hour later, Link finally found something that could be useful. It was titled, "Black Magic and Curses."
"Well, not a very imaginative name, is it?" Link thought to himself, and quickly left the library, book in hand.